Paw paws

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I had some one give me a grocery bag full. Recipes? Ideas of what to do with them??

[terrilynn]

I have only had the opportunity to taste them once and all I can remember is that they tasted interesting. I had heard them described as tasting like banana but I didn't think they tasted like that at all.

Have you googled anything?  If you do something with them, please share and let us know!

[Deleted]

I remember when I was a kid only eating then raw, fresh from the tree or rummaged off of the ground.

I also remember getting sick from eating so many of them sometimes.  

They did have a faint banana flavor to them.

[woolybear]

pawpaw bread www.justapinch.com/recipes/bread/sweet-bread/pawpaw-bread.html
pawpaw bread and pudding www.ourstate.com/pawpaw-recipes/
DD's friend did a pawpaw bread and said it was delicious.

[woolybear]

Found this website just now, cause I just came home with a couple of pawpaws.
www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/recipes.htm

[feather]

Sept 26, 2015 17:46:52 GMT woolybear said:

Found this website just now, cause I just came home with a couple of pawpaws.
www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/recipes.htm

Good find Woolybear!
On the misc. page it has this:

Pawpaw Preserves

12 pawpaws (about 5 lbs)
2 c. water
¾ c. sugar
1 lemon
1 orange

Peel pawpaws. Put in kettle with water, without removing seeds. Boil until soft, then put through a sieve. Add sugar and juice of orange and lemon. Boil until thick. Grated rind of orange or lemon may be added. Put in sterilized jars and seal.

[Deleted]

I made paw paw bread tonight and it was very good! I froze a pint of paw paw "mush" for later baking. I will be planting some of the seeds too.

[woolybear]

I planted 4 seeds last year and have 2 growing this year. The other two may have come up and silly me thought they were weeds and pulled them up. I started them in a large flower pot. I planted the seeds as soon as I removed them from the fruit. Here's a website that has some good info in it.
www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/ppg.htm

[Deleted]

Thank you woolybear. I saved some seeds so hopefully I'll have some trees one day.